Paper-hanging device



Feb. 11, 1930. J. KING PAPER HANGING DEVICE Filed 061;. 30, 1928 2SheetS-Sheet II." I

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Patented Feb. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES JAMES KING, OF CHIG AGO, ILLINOISPAPER-HANGING DEVICE Application filed October 30, 1928.

5 to use ladders and scaffolds in the operation;

the provide a device by means of which time in the paper hangingoperation may be saved, since the several tools employed in the variousoperations are combined in one applilO ance; and to provide a device ofthis character which is of simple construction and therefore susceptibleof cheap manufacture and low marketing cost.

With this object in view the invention con- 1 sists in a constructionand combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the in- 20 vention. Figure 2 is asectional view on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are sectional vie'wsjon the planes indicated by lines 33and 4-4, re-

spectively, of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the grip bar.

Figure 6'is a detail elevational view of a portion of the handle,illustrating the latching means for the grip bar plunger.

Figure 7 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 77 ofFigure 6.

' Figure 8 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 88 ofFigure 2.

Figure 9 is an enlarged elevational view of one of the grip bar pins.

The handle 10 by means of which the device is actuated and on which aresupported the various elements constituting the complete device is oftubular form, the brush support ing head 11 being carried at the upperend of the handle and comprising in addition to the ferrule into whichthe handle telescopes. a

pair of spaced parallel brush grippers 14. The grippers 14 are formedpreferably from fleet spring steel so as to frictionally engage andtherefore securely hold the backs of the brushes 15. This constructionprovides for the ready removal and replacement of the brushes by thewithdrawal of the backs therefrom and the insertion of the same therein.

Serial No. 316,015.

. The grip bar 16 is disposed between the two brushes and in paralleltherewith, being normally impelled upwardly by compression springs 17disposed on opposite sides of the handle and having their endsbearingrespectively upon the head 11 andthe bar. The bar 16 is'carried by aplunger 18 slidably mounted in the handle and provided adjacent thelower extremity of the latter with a pin 19 traversing a bayonet slot inthe handle. Since the springs tend normally to keep the grip bar 16adjacent the plane of the ends of the brush bristles, the bayonet slotand pin serve as a means for latching the grip bar in retracted positionadjacent the head 11, where it will be out of position to interfere withthe operation of the bristles.

The grip bar on the upper face is provided with a series of spaced pins21, the free ends of the pins being rounded as indicated at 22 toeliminate sharp corners and prevent tearing of the paper being hung. Thepurpose of the grip bar is to provide'a member for gripping so that thesheet may be slid laterally, if necessary, to effect the proper junctureat the seam with the previously hung sheet. The grip bar when so used,is elevated by the springs to approximately the plane of the brushbristles, where the pins may readily engage the sheet and effectsuflicient adherence thereto to permit the sheet being slid slightlywithout danger of tearing, the rounded corners 22 of the pins preventingthe latter from digging into the sheet.

A rest roll 23 is disposed parallel to the brushes, being rotatablysupported in the yoke 24 carriedby bracket clamp 25 which surrounds thehandle, an adjusting bolt 26 and attendant wing-nut 27 serving to bindthe clamp on the handle as well as to secure the yoke to the former.Obviously the rest roll may be moved toward or away from the brush headby loosening the yoke and positioning the roll as desired, the rollbeing raised or lowered on thehandle by the shifting of the bracketclamp to the desired position on the latter when the nut 27 is loose.

In the use of the invention, the paste is applied to the sheet or stripof paper to be hung and the latter placed over the brushes and acrossthe rest roll 23 with the face downward. It may then be applied to thewall or ceiling by placing the strip or sheet against the wall surfacewith a sufficient pressure to secure adherence at one point, when themovement of the brushes by means of the handle along .the sheet willeffect its complete placement, as with the ordinary hand brush.

When the grip bar is not used to eifect slight side movement of thesheet in the smoothing out operation, it is retracted and retained inretracted position by latch pin 19. The rest roll 23 serves to supportthe unattached portion of the sheet in applying the same.

The invention having'been described what is claimed asnew and useful,is':

1. A device of'the kind indicated comprising a handle, a brushsupporting head carried at one extremity of the handle, and a grip bardisposed adjacent the brush supporting head, the grip bar beingmovabletoward and awayfrom the brush supporting head.

2. A device of the kind indicated comprising-a ihandle, a brushsupporting head carried atone extremity of the handle, and a grip'bardisposed adjacent the brush supporting head, the grip bar being movabletoward and away from the brush supporting head, and a pair of brushescarried by the brush supporting head and disposed in parallelism onopposite sides of the grip bar.

3. A device of the kind indicatedcomprising a :handle, a brushsupporting head carried at one extremity of the handle, and a grip bardisposed adjacent the brush supporting head, thegrip-bar bcing movabletoward and away from the brush supporting head, the grip bar on itsupper face being provided "with a series of uniformly spaced pins.

4. A device of the kind indicated comprising a handle, a brushsupporting head carried at one extremity of the handle, and a grip bardisposed adjacent the brush supportin head, the grip bar being movabletowart and away from the brush supporting head, the handle being oftubular form and the gripbar having aplunger slidably mounted in thehandle and compression springs disposed between it and the head.

5. A device of the kind indicated comprising a handle, a brushsupporting head at the upper end of the handle, and a rest roll carriedby the handle and adjustable longitudinally thereof and laterally towardand away from the brush carrying head.

6. A device of the kind indicated comprising a handle, a brushsupporting head at the upper end of the handle, and a rest roll, a yokein the extremities of the arms of which the rest roll is journaled, abracket clamp engaging the handle and the yoke, and a clamp screwcarried by said bracket and also engaging the yoke, the latter beingswingable toward and away from the handle when nature.

JAMES KING.

